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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sense-making as digitalization. Measuring, counting, and calculating as fundamental processes of digital 'Bildung'. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Manhart S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative Rationality and Clinical Decision-Making: A Habermasian Perspective on the Doctor-Patient Relationship. [PDF]

J Eval Clin Pract
Menezes ADS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Extraordinary measures of sibling worldmaking. [PDF]

Med Anthropol Q
Block P, Ries H, Kassem D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
wiley   +1 more source

Does One Health need an ontological turn? [PDF]

Crit Public Health
Kaiser-Grolimund A, Bukachi SA, Karuga J, Kämpfen L, Keck F, Zinsstag J, Brown H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Application of Mixed Reality for Ophthalmic Clinical Skills and Diagnosis: Prospective Study. [PDF]

JMIR Med Educ
Tan CJM, Yong WWD, Lin HHA, Oh J, Yong HSR, Khew FMJ, Shen L, Gao Y, Kow WCA, Tham YC, Liu D, Cheng CY, Ngiam KY, Yuen YS, Manotosh R, Khoo ET, Koh TCV, Tan WTC.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source